About the Authors

Anders Britze

andersbritze@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Rune Isak Dupont Birkler

Affiliation Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Niels Gregersen

Affiliation Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Therese Ovesen

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Johan Palmfeldt

Affiliation Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist. The financial support from Danaflex does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials. The authors have no affiliations with Danaflex, such as employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB RIDB NG TO JP. Performed the experiments: AB RIDB JP. Analyzed the data: AB RIDB JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB NG TO JP. Wrote the paper: AB. Finishing of manuscript: AB RIDB NG TO JP.